I'm still having issues. It asks me to change the name servers. I tried entering NS1.Wordpress.com and it says it doesn't recognize it. Why do I have to do all of this background work? Can't it be a simple renew?

I'm prob going to have to venture on over to Tumblr then. No idea how to get my domain back up and running. It keeps sending me to other how-to instructions without actually walking me through anything.

Your domain name expired almost two months ago - you did not renew it - that puts it in redemption which takes staff help to renew - the staff do check the forums on a regular basis but sometimes they get a bit behind - and this thread was only flagged an hour ago and a bit over two hours since you first ask for help